Nine Tomatoes

Spoonflower sent me the 5 color test swatches I ordered, and this one’s my favorite. The design printed well and the color’s good. I’m thinking living room curtains.

Spoonflower’s got a new printer, and we have some more testing to do before we offer color in the fabric store. But I’ll be showing some designs here while we get it together. It won’t be long!

My kids have wrecked every pillow I’ve had in my living room for the last ten years. So I’m making my own with fat quarter mandalas and plain color backing. If they don’t hold up as building blocks and weapons, I can make more!

When I was a kid, I spent a lot of my time playing and working in my father’s greenhouses. Acres of roses! For years, I carried armloads like this one from the beds to the coolers. It made an impression.

This is what August feels like to me. Flowing, light, expansive, free. Moving at its own pace, in its own direction. Taking its time. Directing the symphony of natural sounds. Swirling it all together into something to savor and enjoy.